Screen: orientation property
Baseline 2023Newly available
Since March 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
The orientation
read-only property of the
Screen
interface returns the current orientation of the screen.
Value
An instance of ScreenOrientation
representing the orientation of the
screen.
Note that older, prefixed versions returned a string equivalent to
ScreenOrientation.type
.
Examples
js
switch (screen.orientation.type) {
case "landscape-primary":
console.log("That looks good.");
break;
case "landscape-secondary":
console.log("Mmm… the screen is upside down!");
break;
case "portrait-secondary":
case "portrait-primary":
console.log("Mmm… you should rotate your device to landscape");
break;
default:
console.log("The orientation API isn't supported in this browser :(");
}
Specifications
Specification |
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Screen Orientation # dom-screen-orientation |
Browser compatibility
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- Full support
- Full support
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Has more compatibility info.
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